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To get there, type "Template:foo" in the search box (see search), or make a wikilink like [[Template:foo]] somewhere, such as in the sandbox, and click on it. Once you are there, just click "edit" or "edit this page" at the very top of the page (not the documentation edit button lower down) and edit it in the same way that you would any other page.
Help:A quick guide to templates, a brief introduction on templates for beginners; Help:Template, the main technical help page on templates, provides information on creating and using templates; Wikipedia:Template namespace, guidelines and tips for use of templates; Wikipedia:WikiProject Templates, the WikiProject that looks after template ...
Wikinews: Wikinews is a free-content news wiki and a project of the Wikimedia Foundation that works through collaborative journalism through user-created content. Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales has distinguished Wikinews from Wikipedia by saying, "On Wikinews, each story is to be written as a news story as opposed to an encyclopedia article."
This template should always be substituted by prefixing "subst:" inside the template code. Thus use {{subst:Creation|user/u or ip/anon}} rather than {{Creation|u/user or ip/anon}}. This template presumes that its use will be for a first response to an unindented post, and thus automatically indents one colon for all paragraphs. If you require ...
The first step is to create the page "Wikipedia:WikiProject Foo", and substitute this template in it by typing this text: {{subst:WikiProject|Foo}}. After saving, this code will be replaced by a skeleton for a WikiProject page which you have to adapt to the needs of your project.
To create a template, choose an appropriate name, navigate to that page, then click the "Edit" tab or create a new page as needed. Templates are normally placed in the template namespace, though you can place a template intended for your own personal use or for experimentation in your own user space.
Here's a common example: If you see the {{citation needed}} template in the edit box when you're editing an article, it's telling the software to go to the page [[Template:Citation needed]], get the text there (including formatting), and insert that text into the article when the article is displayed for readers.
Creating a WikiProject talk page banner can range from simple to somewhat complicated. Project talk banners are generally created at Template:WikiProject Name (e.g. {{WikiProject Birds}}). The simplest way to create an adaptable talk page banner is to use the template {{WPBannerMeta}}. Using this template, a simple talk page banner might look like: